Example sentences of "were [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They never ever mention them bloody things , they were them windscreen wipers which I ordered before Christmas and it 's , it 's ridiculous , cos that 's , I know I can eh , I know by the er , by the er , that 's where I sent them back to that Brian Mill whatever I call it , well |
| 2 | yeah they were nice were them steak puddings , I enjoyed them |
| 3 | I see that in there the other day and I wondered were them cards alright for you ? |
| 4 | Like there were them lads they had fucking four in a glass like and , there was loads of , so many drinks like I served loads . |
| 5 | It were them puppies puppies . |
| 6 | The pigs were my favourites . |
| 7 | I liked pop music — the Rolling Stones , David Bowie and Jake Rosso were my favourites . |
| 8 | I felt as if I was your mother and you were my child . |
| 9 | If I were my patient , she asked herself , would I prescribe myself a tranquillizer ? |
| 10 | ‘ If you were my wife , I 'd hold you tight round the neck until you could n't breathe ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But my father says you would love me best if you were my wife , so that would be better . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I simply told them that you were my wife and that you had taken all our money and our little girl and were running off to London to be with your lover . ’ |
| 13 | Alternatively Vox could of course use a full width string tree on the headstock side of the nut , but if it were my decision I 'd opt for altering the machinehead ; it 's a lot neater and keeps the headstock looking authentic . |
| 14 | Those totems were my warning shot ; anybody who set foot on the island after seeing them should know what to expect . |
| 15 | So when I used to drop the old ladies off , I 'd always give them a kiss goodbye — then the other drivers would think they were my granny ! |
| 16 | They were my grandads ! |
| 17 | ‘ If this were my life , ’ he says softly , ‘ I 'd be living in a hotel made of chocolate sponge cake and organ music . |
| 18 | Here were my kind of cricketers . |
| 19 | I could n't do the Forties bit at all , padded shoulders and crêpy things , ugh , and pageboys — I think it must have been purely Oedipal , those were my parents ' things , dammit , what I was getting away from . |
| 20 | ‘ Lil and Sid were my parents ’ oldest friends , ’ explained Elizabeth , standing and pouring sherry . |
| 21 | My grandparents were my parents . |
| 22 | Although I did n't expect the floods to be as high as they were my friend , Matthew , and I had planned to go out in this American style canoe . |
| 23 | Shame on you , Fred , and I thought you were my friend ! |
| 24 | And I thought you were my friend , Shelley . ’ |
| 25 | I says hey , I says Friday were my day off . |
| 26 | You were my discoverers . ’ |
| 27 | Those girls were my maids . |
| 28 | ‘ She pretended she loved me — whereas all she loved were my possessions . |
| 29 | And Bricks and Mortar were my Fate to chuse ; |
| 30 | And again when they had been together for two years and he was still seeing other women : ‘ They were my protection against these feelings I had for her , ’ he said . |